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Vocabulary
100
I was a Babylonian King
Who is HAMMURABI?
100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100

I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.

What is Sumer?

100
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
100
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
200

I created the world's first empire.

Who was Sargon I.

200

We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.

Who are upperclass (wealthy/rich) boys?

200
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200

A person who was able to write.

What is a scribe?

300
I was one of the most legendary historical figures, I was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk
Who was Gilgamesh?
300
A traditional story that tells a belief.
What is a myth?
300

An empire that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.

What is Assyria?

300
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300

The word alliance means.

What is cooperation or working together.

400
I was the king of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
400

Which of the following has the correct order of the social structure in Mesopotamia? *The order should be from those who have the most power in Mesopotamia to the least.

a. Priest, upper class, lower class, slaves.

b. Slaves, priest, scribes, lower class.

c. Scribes, priest, upper class, merchants.

d. King, slaves, lower class, priest.

400

This group was the first group to map the stars and building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Who are the Neo-Babylonians?

400

A nickname for Mesopotamia is ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.

What is the Fertile Crescent?

400
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
500

I began the Persian Empire. I built the royal road that stretched 1,700 miles.

Who was Cyrus the Great. Who was King Darius. the Great.

500
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
500

This empire created the shield/spear battle strategy.

Who were the Akkadians.

500

The Sumerians took an important step in changing their physical environment by ______.

a. using clay to make bricks for building.

b. controlling the floods on the rivers with levees   and canals.

c. crossing the sea to trade with other countries.

d. cutting down the forests that covered Mesopotamia.

500

A time when people starve because there is so little food or what we call it when there is not enough food.

What is famine or food shortage.